This book 'Virtues of Women' by the scholar and writer Abu Ja'far Ahmad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Hisham al-Salamah al-Andalusian, (d. 747 AH, Allama al-Adib), is a refreshingly rare and important looking at women in the physical, sensory and psychological points of view. It explains advantages and disadvantages, the relationship between men and women, the likes and dislikes of men and vice versa. The topics were addressed based on legitimate sources and sayings from the Arabs and their poetry.